The view from the lunar landing module on July 20, 1969, was — in mankind’s best guess — the first time a living being traveled to another celestial body to observe the luminous blue planet shrouded in the seemingly infinite darkness of space.

Biographical, triumphant and vulgar, the romp allowed the group a chance to entertain its theatrical roots all the while trading the discord of present reality for a past steeped in diplomacy, hope and infinite possibility.

Thus far, however, human beings have displayed a near-infinite susceptibility to getting duped and conned—falling easily into worlds congenial to their own beliefs or self-image, regardless of how eccentric or flat-out wrong those beliefs may be.

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Origin and Etymology of infinite

Middle English infinit, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin infinitus, from in- + finitus finite